Schaumburg-Lippe
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Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg, an area of and over 40,000 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- County (Principality) of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Former country.common_name
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- Former country.era
- Early modern Europe
- Former country.status
- Principality
- Former country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Former country.title_leader
- Prince
- Former country.leader1
- George William (first)
- Former country.year_leader1
- 1807–1860
- Former country.leader2
- Adolf II (last)
- Former country.year_leader2
- 1911–1918
- Former country.year_start
- 1647
- Former country.year_end
- 1918
- Former country.event_start
- Partitioned fromSchaumburg
- Former country.event1
- InheritedLippe-Alverdissen
- Former country.date_event1
- 1777
- Former country.event2
- Raised to principality
- Former country.date_event2
- 1807
- Former country.event_end
- German Revolution
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Wikidata facts
- Located in
- German Confederation
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Bückeburg
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 43132
- Area
- 340.2
- Form of government
- monarchy
- Shares border with
- Kingdom of Hanover
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- Commons category
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- inception
- 1643-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Schaumburg-Lippe
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1918-11-15
- native label
- Schaumburg-Lippe
- member of
- Holy Roman Empire
- language used
- German
- official religion
- Lutheranism
- replaced by
- Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Rulers of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Counts of Schaumburg-Lippe (1640–1807)
- Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe (1807–1918)
- See also
- References
Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg, an area of and over 40,000 inhabitants.
== History ==
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